According to Montana State University, the National Science Foundation in the US has funded a study into possible success factors for Native American women studying in the so-called ‘STEM’ fields— science, technology, engineering and mathematics: “Native Americans, particularly female Native Americans, are under-represented in the fields and [researchers Jessi L. Smith Ph.D. and Anneke Metz] […]
Senior members of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives have issued their political predictions for 2011 on rabble.ca, and young Aboriginal people factor prominently for the director of CCPA’s Manitoba office. Here is part of what she had to say: … the prospects for many Aboriginal youth today are bleak. Far too many drop out […]
Here’s an amazing story you just gotta love, courtesy of the Navajo Times: By the time Donavan Seschillie, Jake Hoyungowa and Deidra Peaches finished making “The Rocket Boy,” they didn’t have $50 left for the fee to apply for the Sundance Film Festival. … [But now] the trio from Flagstaff can boast of being the […]
Excellent piece in the newest issue of The United Church Observer about the current ideological battle over building more prisons in Canada. This debate could not matter more directly to Aboriginal people. For one, they are disproportionately represented in Canadian jails — in 2006, Correctional Service Canada reported that, “while Aboriginal peoples comprise 2.7 percent of […]
To me, the Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG) has been among the best barometers of how well the feds have honoured their agreements with Indigenous peoples. With Aboriginal affairs a stated priority since her term began in 2001, AG Sheila Fraser has produced a number of audits into Indian and Northern Affairs […]
